Coleman Hughes is a writer, podcast host and musician. He is the author of The End of Race Politics, and is a regular contributor to The Free Press.

(00:00:00) In this episode
(00:00:22) Intro
(00:05:50) Chapter 1: Making Sense
(00:11:14) Chapter 2: The New Race Politics
(00:36:18) Chapter 3: Identity: Race or Values?
(00:46:05) Chapter 4: Race Politics in Corporate America
(01:02:41) Chapter 5: The Victimhood Trap
(01:09:23) Chapter 6: Rationalizing Religion

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Dr. Steven Pinker is Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, whose books include The Language Instinct, The Blank Slate, Enlightenment Now, and Rationality. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.

(00:00:00) In this episode

(00:00:11) Intro

(00:03:17) Chapter 1: Revisiting the Blank Slate

(00:11:53) Chapter 2: Ideology, Progress, and Intellectual Resistance

(00:21:11) Chapter 3: Is Rationality Uncool?

(00:36:28) Chapter 4: Reason as a Moral Virtue

(00:45:30) Chapter 5: Our Mismatch with the Modern World

(00:52:12) Chapter 6: AI, Music, and Constructive Optimism

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Dr. Jean Twenge is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, and the best-selling author of The Narcissism Epidemic and Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents – and What They Mean for America’s Future.

(00:00:00) In this episode
(00:00:12) Intro
(00:05:36) Chapter 1: Today’s Mental Health Epidemic
(00:13:51) Chapter 2: The Rise of Individualism
(00:24:43) Chapter 3: The Silent Generation
(00:29:50) Chapter 4: The Baby Boomers
(00:33:43) Chapter 5: Generation X
(00:43:10) Chapter 6: Millennials
(00:50:27) Chapter 7: Gen Z

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